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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:19 am

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Breaking News: Saints remain the only unbeaten side with victory over closest rivals while Saracens win a heated confrontation at the Allianz.
 


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2013/2014 – London Wasps
2012/2013 – Leicester Tigers 
2011/2012 – Newcastle Falcons 
2010/2011 - Newcastle Falcons 
2009/2010 – Saracens 
2008/2009 - London Irish





                                             

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Welcome to Season 7 of the Aviva Premiership fantasy rugby game.  Below are the rules of the game which must be adhered to.  If there are any situations that arise in the course of the game which are not covered by the rules, a final decision will be made by the RFU (SJE) as to how the situation will be resolved.
 
 
Senior Squads wrote:
The maximum squad size is 40 senior players.  If a team has more than 40 players in their squad then they will be fined £1 million per player over the permitted amounts per day for the first seven days. If after 7 consecutive days a team still has more than the permitted number of players then the team will be fined £2 million per player per day, and fined 1 league point per player per day for the next seven days. If after this time a team still has more than the permitted number of players in their squad, the RFU (SJE) will remove players at its discretion to bring them back under the permitted numbers. There will be no right of appeal to players being removed.

Be aware that all tier one international matches which are played during the season will count in the game, and players selected in the match day 23's for those matches will not be eligible to play for their clubs on that weekend, therefore you must give due consideration to the make-up of your squad.
Academy Rules wrote:
Each team will be allowed to have an academy squad of 20 players.  Players who are in the academy must be born on or after 1st September 1992. 

Any player, who is at any Premiership club in real life, either in their senior, academy or AASE squads, can be bid for on the domestic bidding page. Players who are at your own club in real life and are coming through the academy system must be bid for if you want them in your own academy.
Transfers wrote:

  • Domestic (other AP Teams)
    Each team has a budget to use in the purchase of players. Domestic transfers between AP clubs, regardless of nationality of player, should be negotiated between the respective managers, and then confirmed on the Domestic Transfer Confirmation Page.
  • Domestic (Championship and below)
    Each team may during the season purchase no more than 5 players from the Championship or the National Leagues. These players must be bid for on the National League Bidding page, and each bid will be considered by me on its own merits before being accepted or rejected.  No bid will be accepted until a minimum of 24 hours has elapsed from the time the bid was made, in order to afford other managers the opportunity to make a counter bid.
  • Foreign
    To make a foreign transfer (i.e. from any club outside of the AP, regardless of whether the player is English) a bid should be made on the Foreign Transfers Page, which will be considered by me against the posted guidelines for purchase prices before being accepted or rejected. No bid will be accepted until a minimum of 24 hours has elapsed from the time the bid was made, in order to afford other managers the opportunity to make a counter bid.

    There will be a summer foreign transfer window, which will run as follows.

    Open Window

    Open transfer window, teams have unlimited bids provided they have the financial resources to cover them.  Teams may only bid for one player at a time.

    The window will open from the 9th of June but only to those sides that finish 8th and below at first. They will have a week to make one signing each before the window is open to all.     

Player Releases wrote: 
Managers may choose to release players from their clubs, for which they will be offered compensation

Compensation will be paid as follows

£2 million – current international (must have played international rugby in the previous 12 months)
£1.5 million – former international
£1m – top flight experience
£0.5m – other

All released players will be deemed to have joined a Championship side and can be bid for on the National League Bidding page.
Retirements wrote:
There will be no compensation for retiring players.  Should a player who retires decide to come out of retirement and play again, then he will automatically go back to the club who he was playing for in the game when he retired.
Fixtures wrote:
There will be 22 Aviva Premiership games per season, plus the play offs. There will also be European Rugby Champions Cup, European Rugby Challenge Cup and Anglo Welsh Cup matches.  These games will take place once a week. A match thread will be put up every Monday. Home teams must be named by midnight on Tuesday. Away teams must be named by midnight on Wednesday. Failure to meet these deadlines is punishable by the addition of three match points to the oppositions final score, unless both sides fail to do so. Both teams must provide tactics by midnight on Thursday. Predictions will be open from 00:01 hours on Friday and remain open until 15:00 hours on Sunday. Managers will post the scores that they think will happen from these games (apart from games in which they are involved).  An average of all predictions will be taken, and then 0.5 points added to each teams score for each prediction that had them as the winner, and that will then be the final score.

Managers are asked to provide detail as to why they have predicted a result.  To be considered a descriptive prediction this must be a full 3 lines long when entered into the text box. 
Teams wrote:
When naming your team, not only should you put the starting XV and replacements, but also tactics that your team will employ. Results will be affected by the tactics described.

In addition, each team must have the following:-

For domestic competition at least 8 England qualified players in your match day 23, and at least 4 of those must be in your starting XV.

For European competition at least 8 England qualified players in your match day 23, and at least 6 of those must be in your starting XV.

At least 2 props and 1 hooker on the bench.

All players must be eligible (not injured or banned).

Failure to comply with these rules will result in a 1 league point deduction.

If you fail to submit a team for a match, then the other team will be automatically awarded a 30-0 bonus point win. If both teams fail to submit a team, then it will be scored as a 0-0 draw.
Injuries and Suspensions wrote:
Injuries in this game do NOT reflect real life, they will be generated by me.

Players banned in real life will be ineligible for selection in this game for the duration of the ban.

Inclusion of injured/banned players will result in them being replaced by players on the bench, and the bench not having eight players, which may result in punishment if it concerns the front-row.

Punishment for fielding an ineligible player will be loss of one match point.
Financial Rewards wrote:
There will be no rewards for the result of an individual match, instead the managers will receive cash for predicting.

£2m for descriptive predictions 
£0.25m for scores on the doors predictions
If you fail to predict without first advising me that you are unable to do so that week, you will be fined £1m for a first offence, £2m for a second offence, £3m for a third offence etc upto a maximum of £5m per fine.

AP finishing positions.

Champions: 8m
Runners Up: 6m
Playoff Semi Finalist Losers: 5m
5th: 4m
6th: 3.5m
7th: 3m
8th: 2.5m
9th: 2m
10th: 1.5m
11th: 1m
12th: 0.5m

Heineken Cup

Losing Quarter Finalists - £2 million each
Losing Semi Finalists - £3 million each
Runners Up - £4 million
Champions - £5 million

Amlin Challenge Cup

Losing Quarter Finalists - £1 million each
Losing Semi Finalists - £2 million each
Runners Up - £3 million
Champions - £4 million

Anglo-Welsh Cup

Losing Semi Finalist - £1 million each
Runners Up - £2 million
Champions - £3 million


If your budgets falls below minus £10 million for any reason, the administrators (SJE) will step in and players from within your squad will be released for the relevant financial compensation (foreign transfer value) in order to bring your budget back above minus £10 million.


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Post by Sgt_Pooly Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:13 pm

Haven't Gloucester denied this?

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Post by dammit_chris Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:16 pm

Which Burgess brother are they looking at? If it is George then he looks very good, another freak - wonder what their parents put in their water when they were growing up!

Sam Burgess must have linked up with Bath by now - he won international rugby league player of the year the other day, can't wait to see him play.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:22 pm

I'm sick of hearing about him, talking about his stats on tugby tonight. They mean absolutely nothing in Union.

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Post by dammit_chris Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:37 pm

I think when you compare the stats to other league players and see how good they are and that Bath have got him in his prime it is exciting to get someone of that calibre, who went over to Australia to prove he was the best RL player in the world and did it. Just hope he doesnt turn out like Lee Smith, think that was the first and last time Wasps went for a league player!

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:41 pm

Smith is ok, defence is pretty awful but a mediocre convert, there's been worse.

Just watching Glasgow - Bath, Johnny Gray is such a talent. Fantastic at the dog work, the complete opposite to Richie! Such contrasting players, Johnny is going to be world class I think.

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Post by dammit_chris Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:45 pm

Is he at Newcastle now?

Richie seemed to make a mistake when he joined Sale, but seems to be picking up his game again in France - Scotland seem to have a few good youngsters coming through at the moment.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:49 pm

Richie is just too work shy for me, bags of talent but just a bit of a show pony. Johnny is the real deal though, thought he looked special when I seen him for U20's.

Yea Smith is at Falcons, started quite well but fell out of favour after Deano played him at 12 and he had a shocker.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Fri Oct 24, 2014 8:15 pm

Should be a cracking game tonight, good to see Farrell back

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Post by Guest Fri Oct 24, 2014 8:21 pm

Richie grey has a huge work rate. He gets everywhere. He
Went off the boil and started to try and be out wide and in the backs all the time.


He was great on the lions as were all the locks and Castres have made him a better player. Hits the rucks and plays more like a lock than anauxiliary  Backrow. Been good for castre in a team having a mare.

With gilchrist jock captain Gray may not play. My brother in law who is a pro player says Gray has a reputation for being a real tw*t personality wise and can upset coaches quite easily.

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Post by Guest Fri Oct 24, 2014 8:24 pm

What channel are Glasgow on?

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Fri Oct 24, 2014 8:26 pm

Richie Gray doesn't know what a ruck is, J Gray/Gilchrist could be a great combo.

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Post by Guest Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:38 pm

That for me is why murray is best 9 in Europe. Getting better every year. Kicked superbly.

Sarries out sarried

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Post by Guest Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:43 pm

What is it with welsh in France. He has been poor but did not realise
He was dropped from squad last week

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/wales-centre-jonathan-davies-no-7991013

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Post by Steven_Sharks Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:47 pm

Some interesting info

SL wanted to name 38 players but couldn't for financial reasons. Other 5 players expected to train as part of the squad

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Post by Guest Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:51 pm

Yes Fraser,Cipriani, Kitchener, Ashton and one other according to papers

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Post by LukeLovesLuka Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:06 am

You'd assume Foden as only two fbs in his squad. One Injury and we're short.

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Post by ChequeredJersey Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:07 am

anonmattyt wrote:Richie grey has a huge work rate. He gets everywhere. He
Went off the boil and started to try and be out wide and in the backs all the time.


He was great on the lions as were all the locks and Castres have made him a better player. Hits the rucks and plays more like a lock than anauxiliary  Backrow. Been good for castre in a team having a mare.

With gilchrist jock captain Gray may not play. My brother in law who is a pro player says Gray has a reputation for being a real tw*t personality wise and can upset coaches quite easily.

I don't regularly watch Castres so I wouldn't like to comment in general but I've not been impressed from the little I've seen. He was abysmal vs Quins
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Post by Driver Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:13 am

LukeLovesLuka wrote:You'd assume Foden as only two fbs in his squad. One Injury and we're short.

It's Henry Slade the other , Nowell to cover 15.
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Post by Guest Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:16 am

LukeLovesLuka wrote:You'd assume Foden as only two fbs in his squad. One Injury and we're short.
That's the name I was thinking of. Yes Foden was the other

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Post by Guest Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:17 am

May have been slade over Ashton.

Confused now. It was in the telegraph this morning

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Post by ChequeredJersey Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:18 am

Think we have enough wingers, but also enough centres so hard to know which one is more likely
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Post by Guest Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:21 am

To be fair the big conundrum is who will be our centres and wings. Nobody bar tuilagi nailed on. Lancaster has no idea
Who his first choice are. He probably had Yarde as nailed on but his Quins form and defending when he has played for England apparently has made him
Have serious doubts.

Apart from those positions we look good and have decent depth

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Post by Steven_Sharks Sat Oct 25, 2014 3:43 am

Foden i guarantee you is amongst the 5

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Post by Ozzy3213 Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:49 am

From the comments I saw attributed to Lancaster this week, Yarde and Nowell will be the starting wingers.
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Post by dammit_chris Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:41 am

Will be good to see Nowell given another go as didn't he play the whole of last season with an injury? Was meant to have really effected his speed.

Still unsure on Yarde, though probably not helped by Quins stuttering start to the season - Roko could get some games as we need someone like him without Tuilagi punching holes in the defence. Been so impressed with him in last 12 months.

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Post by Guest Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:46 am

Lots I don't agree with in this article but I fully agree about may and Nowell offering a lot more to their FB than Yarde. They really work back 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/11183192/David-Strettle-is-the-standout-omission-from-this-England-squad-why-did-Stuart-Lancaster-opt-for-Marland-Yarde.html

For me strettle does not offer anything different and is a club player. Before sarries his scoring record was poor.

Did not realise Nowell has not scored an Ap try in over a year

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:59 am

Yarde is a finisher, we need somebody to threaten the line.

I really can't see many tries, if any coming from a Nowell/May combo. May hasn't looked close to scoring a try in an England Jersey.

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Post by dammit_chris Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:02 am

Agree completely with Healy there with his comments on Yarde, good with ball in hand and beating the first defender but work rate isn't always the best.

Strettle in very good form, but is a club winger - Ashton is unlucky, think he is a great winger, but England don't seem to play the game that suits him, we're very conservative in our approach and it doesnt help him. At least with Roko we have a bit of x factor in the backline.

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Post by dammit_chris Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:06 am

Really like May, but again think he struggles with the style England play, we very rarely get width on the ball or put our wingers into space to score tries - sure Yarde's tries in NZ were from running off the back of a maul or ruck.

We need to put width on the ball, but until we get a better no12 or a more creative no10 we aren't going to do that. Can't really say I've seen any England wing shine since Lancaster and Catt involved.

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Post by Guest Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:16 am

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Yarde is a finisher, we need somebody to threaten the line.

I really can't see many tries, if any coming from a Nowell/May combo. May hasn't looked close to scoring a try in an England Jersey.
Apart from when he was a centimetre short against Scotland and the other where he lost the ball over the line.

I am not fully sure may is the solution. There are no wingers who are nailed on. Wingers are there to take chances and may has shown he will take them in AP and Heino.

I agree with Chris in that we don't create the chances. That is due to how we play. If you were picking on form in AP from players in the squad it world be Roka and May.

With tuilagi missing I think our attack will be very blunt. That's why I would like to see ford 10 and Farrel 12 to see if that works. Although I am off to every England game in the World Cup and would like to see good rugby I am kind of hoping it sheets down as I think it would suit us better than dry fast conditions

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Post by Fluxy Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:20 am

If you were picking on form, you have just contradicted yourself. You said wingers are there to take chance, then pur wingers would be Ashton and Strettle on form and the criteria you just lister

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Post by Ozzy3213 Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:23 am

Don't get the Yarde bashing whatsoever, just seems it's fashionable at the moment. He's shown he can score tries at international level, which none of the other wingers in the squad have.
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Post by Steven_Sharks Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:26 am

I'm not nor ever have I been a Yarde fan but he scores tries in a side that doesn't gift him them on a plate. He has to work for them.

He's first choice until further notice.

On the other wing I'd happy with Wade, May, Ashton or Nowell. Whilst at one stage I loved Strettle he has lost his spark in terms of creating for himself and I like that in a winger.

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Post by dammit_chris Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:26 am

I'd probably still have Ashton, but Strettle isn't an international wing these days in my opinion - very good club player but wouldn't really add anything to move England forward.

I think May has most tries in AP this year, while Roko (alongside Eastmond) has been best back in the AP, so they are probably most inform wings around.

With the way England play I'd have said we should have had Wade as he would actually give us an exciting attacking player that would worry defences. We just don't create chances for our wings.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:30 am

Totally agree Pete, he's looked our biggest threat in an England shirt.

May doesnt look like he'll ever score and Nowell is just not a winger who finish off chances, wing play is more than just beating men.

Yards is nailed on imo and then one other (non scoring) from Nowell & May.

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Post by Guest Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:36 am

Fluxy wrote:If you were picking on form, you have just contradicted yourself. You said wingers are there to take chance, then pur wingers would be Ashton and Strettle on form and the criteria you just lister
If you read my comments properly you would see that it says if you were picking on form from the players in the squad then you would pick Roka and May so not contradicting myself.

Either way May and Roka have scored and set up lots so are arguably as in form. In the case of Ashton they are both definitely defending better than him also

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Post by Guest Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:39 am

Ozzy3213 wrote:Don't get the Yarde bashing whatsoever, just seems it's fashionable at the moment.  He's shown he can score tries at international level, which none of the other wingers in the squad have.
It's not bashing I have been consistent in not particularly rating him. I think he has some potential but having watched him live quite a bit think he is far too raw and all over the place positionally. With the kicking game so prevalent in int rugby he can get exploited really easily in behind. He also ain't the smartest defender.

He is unlucky Quins are not playing well as his confidence seems to have dipped. Don't doubt him ball in hand. Doubt him massively in other aspects of his game

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Post by Ozzy3213 Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:03 pm

I couldn't disagree with that more Mat. I watched him every game last season, and he was fine defensively, certainly no worse than any of the other wingers in contention for England, and better than most. He is not in the best of form at Quins I would agree, but for me on form he is by far Englands best winger.
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Post by dammit_chris Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:03 pm

Anyone get any luck with the WC ballot today? Didn't get a single ticket and went for about £4k worth, haven't found anyone who got one yet - think they may have made a huge error by not making it illegal to resale the tickets as per the Olympics and ticket touts will have had a field day!

Agree with Mat's comments on Yarde, tremendous player ball in hand but other areas of his game need work - he does switch off defensively and when he plays for England Brown has to cover an awful lot more ground to cover him.

Seem to have slight issues with all our wingers though, would have liked to have seen Watson involved somewhere as he looks like he could offer a lot.

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Post by Guest Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:06 pm

I would have loved to see Watson involved. Think he could be our threat.

I got tickets through the club early access Chris.

Got every England game qf SF and final.

Also got some really diverse games and all Kingsholm ones.

They are far too expensive though and this needs to be looked at.

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Post by dammit_chris Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:19 pm

Went for as many as I could get, even the games that no one would go for and the organisers said weren't going into a ballot! Aren't half the tickets at the England games set aside for corporates or something silly like that?

It is just frustrating to know that so many tickets will double/triple in price on the black market because of the IRB and RWC organisers not applying legislation that would have stopped it.

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Post by Guest Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:25 pm

Lots of my tickets are 200/300/400/500 when you hit qf sf and final.

Can't understand how anyone would pay triple that. I thought long and hard about paying the face value. 

If we go out in the group stages I will sell mine

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:26 pm

Crazy prices really, too much for the normal fan.

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Post by Guest Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:33 pm

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Crazy prices really, too much for the normal fan.
My thinking was that next time a World Cup comes to England will probably be 20 years time and I will be 58 then so worth going for it.

Spent between 4 and 5 k on tickets. I also do think we will be in the final. If we are not in the semi final or final then it will be easy to get my money back on the tickets.

Trying to explain to my wife that we are not going on a summer holiday next year due to the cost of attending the matches will be the hardest part

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Post by Driver Sat Oct 25, 2014 2:08 pm

Got all my tickets.
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Post by dammit_chris Sat Oct 25, 2014 2:27 pm

What games did you get?

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Post by ChequeredJersey Sat Oct 25, 2014 5:55 pm

Whoever picked up Harinordiquy, inspired buy. And whoever gets Dus next season (really hope Quins go in for him with Tigers and Irish) is getting a machine back at his best. Toulouse are looking in good nick in Europe...
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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sat Oct 25, 2014 6:04 pm

I know CJ, both in fantastic form the last few games. Dusatoir gets marked down for me, he's certainly getting back to his best.

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Post by dammit_chris Sat Oct 25, 2014 6:26 pm

Have to give credit to bath youngsters there, was a very young team and they looked very good, espc the backs.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:20 pm

Burrell off injured....uh oh

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